News databases

Factiva provides access to international newspapers, trade publications, magazines and websites in over 23 languages, including Chinese simplified and Arabic. Particularly useful for business and industry news and information.

Press Reader is the world’s largest online newspaper and magazine kiosk that provides full content digital replicas of more than 2300 titles from 97 countries in 54 languages. PressDisplay presents content as a full digital replica, which allows users to view newspapers and magazines on-screen exactly as they would see in a print edition.

FT.Com

We've arranged a subscription to the FT.com website for you, giving you access to all of the site including apps for phones and tablets, up-to-date news and information, and all the FT's articles.

To use this resource you must register for an account first. Please see the PDF below for instructions.

Current affairs

The Economist Online offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology. The website publishes all articles from The Economist print edition (including those printed only in British copies) and maintains a searchable online archive that dates back to June 1997.

Library.PressDisplay.com is the world’s largest online newspaper and magazine kiosk that provides full content digital replicas of more than 4000 titles from 100 countries in 60 languages with one subscription.

Legal Journals and Newsletters

You should keep up to date with legal publications, e.g. Counsel, Family Law Week, Criminal Law Review. Many of these titles are available in hardcopy in the Library and also online through the Library's databases. LexisLibrary and Westlaw both allow you to set up alerts for recent articles on a particular subject.

Recent Cases

You can search Westlaw and LexisLibrary for recent cases in a practice area, and also look at their Current Awareness sections for recent developments.